Working time

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• Bank and public holidays 2020 (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (England and Wales).

• Bank and public holidays 2020 (Northern Ireland)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (Northern Ireland).

• Bank and public holidays 2020 (Scotland)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (Scotland).

• Commuting time should be counted as part of the working day

  Date:

  30 August 2018

  Type:

  News

  Commuting time should be counted as part of the working day, according to research by the University of the West of England.

• How smartphones can land employers in the dock

  Date:

  15 August 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Smartphones are encouraging employees to exceed the number of hours they are contracted to work, which in some cases could lead them into conflict with their employers.

• More than a million employees not taking holiday at risk of burnout

  Date:

  27 July 2018

  Type:

  News

  One in 12 workers are not receiving their full holiday entitlement, according to the TUC.

• Ambulance workers' holiday pay must include "regular and settled" voluntary overtime

  Date:

  12 July 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Flowers and others v East of England Ambulance Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that voluntary overtime must be included in the calculation of holiday pay for ambulance workers with a pattern of voluntary overtime that is sufficiently regular and settled.

• UK employees fail to use holiday entitlement

  Date:

  25 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  Two in five UK employees (40%) took a maximum of just half of their annual leave entitlement during the past holiday year, according to the results of a survey by Glassdoor.

• Night working

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Temporary increased working hours policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.